Pastoral

Take up your cross and follow me Today, in Matthew’s Gospel (16: 24-28), Fr Paul says we hear the first of three [...]

Feast of the Transfiguration Today, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 1-9) as we celebrate the Feast of the [...]

The Canaanite woman’s faith Today’s Gospel (Matthew 15: 21-28) is about the interaction Jesus has with a Canaanite woman whose daughter is [...]

Feast of St John Vianney Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (15: 1-2, 10-14) in which the Pharisees question Jesus about [...]

Feast of St Dominic Today’s Gospel (Matthew 14: 13-21) tells of crowds pursuing Jesus and the disciples even though they had withdrawn [...]

Feast of Alphonsus Liguori  Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel from (Matthew 14: 1-12), about the death of John the Baptist and tells [...]

Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 54-58) about Jesus visiting his home town [...]

Jesus explains what the Kingdom of Heaven is like Fr Paul reads two Gospels, the one we missed yesterday (Matthew 13: 44-46) [...]

Feast of St Martha Today we celebrate the feast of St Martha as Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: [...]

Jesus explains the parable of the weeds Fr Paul reads and reflects on the Gospel of Matthew (13: 36-43) in which Jesus [...]

Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a mustard seed Today in our Gospel (Matthew 13: 31-35) we hear two parables in [...]

The Son of Man came to not to be served but to serve Feast of St James Today we celebrate the life [...]

The parable of the sower Today Fr Paul reads two passages from the Gospel of Matthew. The first (Matthew 13:1-9) is the [...]

Why Jesus teaches in parables Fr Paul says that in our Gospel today, Matthew (13:10-17) quite cleverly slips in the question the [...]

Fr Paul filmed in mid April footage of him and Shannon (Fr Donnelly's pup) on their morning walking ritual reciting the rosary. This [...]

Feast of St Mary Madgalene Today’s Gospel is from John (20:1-2, 11-18) and, as a Church, today we remember and celebrate the [...]

Who can be part of Jesus’ family? Today’s Gospel (Matthew 12: 46-50) may seem quite strange as we see the two distinct [...]

The Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign In our Gospel (Matthew 12: 38-42) today we hear the scribes and the Pharisees asking [...]

Jesus is the servant of the Lord Fr Paul says today’s Gospel from Matthew (12: 14-21) explains to us how Jesus is [...]

Come to me and I will give you rest Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus invites [...]

Feast St Bonaventure Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (11: 25-27) and shares a little about the life of St Bonaventure, [...]

Jesus laments for the unrepentant towns In today’s Gospel from Matthew (11: 20-24) we hear Jesus lamenting over towns such as Chorazin, Bethsaida [...]

The Gospel today comes from Matthew (10: 34 -11:1) and, like Saturday, our reading is at the end of the second set [...]

Feast of St Benedict Today we celebrate the memorial of St Benedict, who was born in 480 in Nursia in Italy and [...]

Jesus sends the twelve as sheep among the wolves In today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 16-23), like the last couple of days, Jesus [...]